Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Watercolor Society will be showing their newest works in a Spring Show and Sale at the Knoxville Museum of Art's Community Gallery from March 18th to May 15th. On Sunday, March 20th an opening reception which is free to the public will take place from 2 to 4 PM. Refreshments will be served.

Call Wilda Clark at 865-588-6828 or the Museum at 865-525-6101 for more information. Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

C. S. Lewis’s dramatic allegory of faith and sacrifice
comes to brilliant life on the stage of Children’s Theatre
of Knoxville.

Four children in a mysterious mansion find a gateway to
another world deep within an old wardrobe and discover
the wisdom of faith, honor, valor, and bravery during an
intense series of adventures featuring unicorns, elves,
dwarves, leopards, wraiths, and all the animals of the wood.

Reservations are strongly recommended for all CTK performances.

Children's Theatre of Knoxville, 800 Tyson St , Knoxville, TN 37917. For information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com

March 18 & 19, 2011
Featuring the RSCC Jazz, Bluegrass and Stage Bands. Roane State Theatre, Harriman. ($7/10 Student/General Admission)

Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748. Information: 865-354-3000, www.roanestate.edu

Come join in the fun of WORLD STORYTELLING DAY at the Clayton Arts Center in Maryville on March the 18th. This world-wide event promotes exchanges of cultures, traditions, and understanding through story.

Two events have been planned. The first event is in the afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the choir room at the Clayton Center for the Arts. There is no charge for the afternoon informal session, but donations will be greatly appreciated. Come when you can, and leave when you must.

The second event is a concert at 7:30 p.m. with stories for adults and children who listen like adults. The cost of the night- time event is $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

The tellers will delight, tickle, charm, and enlighten with a wide array of tales from around the world and here at home. The tellers include Judy Baker, Carol Bell, Owen Duncan, Rick Elliott, Robert “Redhawk” Eldridge, Susan Fulbright, “Cuz” Headrick, Jan Brooks-Headrick, Rick Love, Kathleen Mavournin, and Millie Sieber.

Starting March 1st, tickets can be purchased at the Clayton Center for the Arts Box Office M-F, 10 am-6 pm or on March 18 an hour before the concert (865 981-8590). Last year’s concert was a sellout, so get your tickets early! If you have any questions, please contact Rick Elliott at (865) 456-8557.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

“Free Admission Days, sponsored by Fluor-B&W Oak Ridge, at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge and the American Museum of Science and Energy from March 17th to the 22nd. Mark your calendars now!”

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 461 West Outer Dr, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. For information: 865-482-1074, www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org
American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

Hosted by the Townsend Artisan Guild, Fine Arts Blount, and the Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau. This interactive fiber arts event connects the community with fiber arts activities. The festival will include fiber animal exhibitions, contests, an arts exhibition, fashion show, workshops, educational demonstrations of fiber processes, spinning, weaving, needlecrafts, dyeing, hands-on projects with children and adults, Fiber Arts Market and more.

http://www.smokymountains.org, http://www.smokymountainfestivals.org or call Jeanie Hilten at the Visitors Center at 865-448-6134 or 800-525-6834)

February 17, 2011 (Knoxville, TN) – The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments March 11–May 15, 2011.
Amplified Moments is the first major U.S. exhibition to survey the work of Xiaoze Xie (pronounced shout-zah shee-ay), an important Chinese contemporary artist. More than 30 works document his achievements in painting, drawing, photography, installation, and video, and represent his use of books and newspapers to symbolize the fragile nature of history and memory.

Although Xie intended to pursue a career in architecture, the violent military crackdown on student protesters at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 compelled him to shift his energies. He left the People’s Republic of China three years later after completing his training as a painter, and began using symbolic imagery derived from newspapers, decaying books, museum libraries, and media images of current events. For Xie, stacks of printed pages represent not only cultural memory and the passage of time, but the ways in which history is interpreted and recorded according to various belief systems and political agendas.
Xie’s labor-intensive paintings consist of successive layers of pigment applied over several weeks. Working largely from photographs, the artist paints in a manner that is influenced by his camera. Some imagery appears cropped, blurred, and hazy, as if viewed through a photographic lens or perhaps through the filter of memory. The resulting compositions reach near-photographic precision without losing the evidence of the artist’s masterful brushwork.

KMA members are invited to an exhibition preview Thursday, March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The artists and exhibition curator Dan Mills will present a short gallery talk at 6:30pm. A cash bar will be available.

Admission and parking are free. For more information, contact Angela Thomas at 865.934.2034 or visit www.knoxart.org.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. www.knoxart.org

The 11-month residency program is an opportunity for emerging artists to further develop both artistically and professionally. This exhibition showcases their progress.
Reception: April 9, 6:00-8:00 PM

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. For information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

What: Art exhibit

Elizabeth Porter: "Disconnected"
Mixed media

Conrad Reinhardt: "Beyond Time and Place"
Digital photographs and oil paintings

Free and open to the public

When: March 6 through May 6, 2011
Opening reception Friday, March 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; artists' talks at 7 p.m.
Where: Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery
2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918
An exhibit featuring the art work of Conrad Reinhardt and Elizabeth Porter-Moses will be on display at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Contact: Roy McCullough
Sperrin@bellsouth.net
865-281-2435

Art Exhibit/Artist Reception:
"Garden of Auspicious Dreams" by Lara Dann
(showing through March)
Refreshments provided

Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM. For information: 865-288-0277, www.redlinegallery.net

One of the most exciting adventure stories ever told, this episode from C. S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" contains all the beloved characters: the Pevensie family, the White Witch, and the mighty, mystical lion named Aslan.

Located at 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com, info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris will hold its Spring Porch Sale starting Friday, March 11, and running for about two weeks. The Porch Sale features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and non-juried work by members of the Craft Center. It’s an excellent place to get great deals on handmade crafts. The Craft Center will also be holding a bake sale during the first part of the Porch Sale. The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for 40 years.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10AM-6PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net